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Climate change and the heating of our environment has become a very frightening topic but there is more. Not only is our environment heating up, the oceans are too. According to Michael Oppenheimer, a climate scientist at Princeton University and a lead author of the report, “The oceans and ice are in trouble, so we’re all in trouble”.  Due to the climate change occurring, it is causing oceans to be warmer and more acidic which is hurting the marine life. The IPCC has been studying the risks of climate change ( See here ) and have concluded that: “Marine heat waves will become 20 to 50 times more frequent” which is going to cause the number of animals in the ocean to drop nearly 15%. Although it seems like there is nothing we can do, we still have time to save our planet. There are some things that are unavoidable at this point, but if we reduce our use of greenhouse gases, there is a chance. Due to the carbon dioxide being released, an excessive amount of it is being trapped in ou